We'll soon be on our way to Clearwater, FL for the abc360 conference, and we hope to see you there!

abc360® is the national conference on ambulance revenue cycle management and compliance produced exclusively for ambulance services, EMS organizations, ambulance billing companies, and others with interest in ambulance reimbursement and compliance issues.

abc360® has become the premier ambulance reimbursement event in the United States, attended by over a thousand ambulance billing professionals from around the country. And that's one of the many reasons why we sponsor this event.

We are on our way to St. Louis, MO for the abc360 conference, and we hope to see you there!

abc360® is the national conference on ambulance revenue cycle management and compliance produced exclusively for ambulance services, EMS organizations, ambulance billing companies, and others with interest in ambulance reimbursement and compliance issues.

abc360® has become the premier ambulance reimbursement event in the United States, attended by over a thousand ambulance billing professionals from around the country. And that's one of the many reasons why we sponsor this event.

Join AIM Online EMS Software and Services at EMS Update 2019, the largest EMS Conference in Pennsylvania, March 28, 29, and 30, 2019 at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Seven Springs, PA.

A new payment model, Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) Model, was announced Thursday, February 14, that will make Medicare reimbursement available for certain non-transport ambulance services and ambulance transports to alternate destinations.

“[This] announcement shows that we can radically rethink the incentives around care delivery even in one of the trickiest parts of our system. A value-based healthcare system will help deliver each patient the right care, at the right price, in the right setting, from the right provider,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2019 Ambulance Inflation Factor of 2.3%. Beginning January 1, 2019, Medicare reimbursement rates will increase slightly.

The Medicare Prior Authorization Model for Repetitive, Scheduled Non Emergent Ambulance Transport is being extended in the current model States of Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia for one additional year to allow CMS to continue to evaluate the model and determine if the model meets the statutory requirements for nationwide expansion under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The model is now currently scheduled to end in all states on December 1, 2019.

Source: https://www.novitas-solutions.com/webcenter/portal/MedicareJL

House Bill 1013, payment for treat no transport, has passed the House on October 17, 2018 at 187-0.

See House Bill 1013 here: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1013

Join us—and more than 3,000 EMS professionals—at Texas EMS Conference November 18-21.

This five-day conference features a packed exhibit hall and more than 180 continuing education classes led by top EMS educators. Check out the latest in EMS services, supplies, equipment, and vehicles in the 200,000 square foot exhibit hall and choose from many lectures, hands-on workshops, and pre-conference classes covering all the topics you want to know about.

Many of you have been following the new Medicare card project timeline and have probably already started to see some of the new ID numbers trickle in.

We want you to know that AIM is prepared! The most recent Medicare milestone, scheduled in October, is to add the new MBIs, for those members assigned one, to the 835 remittance advice. You can still submit using the HICN, but if a MBI exists, Medicare will return the ID in the remit 835 Loop 2100, Segment NM1 (Corrected Patient/Insured Name), Field NM109 (Identification Code).